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SheetUT-LEWISTON-UT · Lewiston, UT 2,225 pop · income 69th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Lewiston
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lewiston on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Melbourne · lowest
34,303
Melbourne · lowest
34,303 median HH income
31.5% of the leader · rank #1
Lewiston · this city
88,333
Lewiston · this city
88,333 median HH income
81.0% of the leader · rank #2
Waldron · near
88,333
Waldron · near
88,333 median HH income
81.0% of the leader · rank #3
Big Bow · near
88,333
Big Bow · near
88,333 median HH income
81.0% of the leader · rank #4
Fort Peck · near
88,333
Fort Peck · near
88,333 median HH income
81.0% of the leader · rank #5
Washington · near
88,333
Washington · near
88,333 median HH income
81.0% of the leader · rank #6
River Heights · highest
109,063
River Heights · highest
109,063 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lewiston on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,225.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Lewiston places in the 69th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
69th
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Lewiston, UT
Utah's Lewiston is a small town, with 2,225 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $88,333 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.5%. Lewiston's housing stock carries a median value of $332,300, and the median resident age is 32.8 years. 25.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 67.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 4 residential building permits were authorized in Lewiston (Construction Slowdown), down 50% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,313 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $178 across Utah, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Lewiston workers runs 19.9 minutes, with 66.8% driving alone and 14.1% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 36.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lewiston's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lewiston, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Lewiston?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Kamas (2,229 residents, $87,353 income); Huntington (2,271 residents, $79,091 income); River Heights (2,179 residents, $109,063 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sparks, GA (2,225 residents); Newton, TX (2,225 residents); Reinholds, PA (2,226 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Lewiston growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +8 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 4 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
How far does income reach against housing in Lewiston?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 25.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Lewiston?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.9 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
66.8%
Work from home
14.1%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,032 workers age 16+.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A-
2.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$88,333
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
25.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lewiston profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 82/100 (A-) · 2.5%
Household income: 68/100 (B-) · $88,333
Bachelor's+ share: 49/100 (D) · 25.2%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
How does Lewiston compare to other US cities?
Where Lewiston sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income69% higher than other cities
Home value69% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lewiston against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Lewiston near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lewiston ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lewiston only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#132 of 293
55th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#190 of 301
37th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#208 of 310
32nd percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#179 of 310
42nd percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
69th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lewiston's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$332,30031st percentilemore affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Lewiston's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,926 of 15,516
More affordable than 36% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,863 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.8×, Lewiston sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,926 of 15,516 and #7,863 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$88,333Lewiston, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lewiston, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Lewiston, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,225
Median Income
$88,333
Median Home Value
$332,300
Median Age
32.8
Poverty Rate
2.5%
Labor force participation
67.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.2%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Lewiston's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,932 residents
2021
1,946 residents
2022
1,958 residents
2023
1,962 residents
2024
1,953 residents
2025
1,940 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
4
housing units authorized
Single-Family
4
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
8
8
0
$2.0M
2020
7
7
0
$2.1M
2021
9
9
0
$2.8M
2022
7
7
0
$2.1M
2023
5
5
0
$1.9M
2024
4
4
0
$3.1M
Permit volume decreased 50% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.9 minutes
Drive Alone
66.8%
Carpool
8.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
10.2%
Work from Home
14.1%
Other
0.7%
Based on 1,032 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Lewiston. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Lewiston is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Lewiston sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lewiston compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.